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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂ws- (“to be quiet, be still”).
Adjective
*tausos[1][2]
- deaf
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tawsos
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*tawsou
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*tawsoi
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| vocative
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*tawse
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*tawsou
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*tawsoi
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| accusative
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*tawsom
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*tawsou
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*tawsons
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| genitive
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*tawsī
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*tawsous
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*tawsom
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| dative
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*tawsūi
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*tawsobom
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*tawsobos
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| instrumental
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*tawsū
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*tawsobim
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*tawsobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tawsā
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*tawsai
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*tawsās
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| vocative
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*tawsā
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*tawsai
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*tawsās
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| accusative
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*tawsam
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*tawsai
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*tawsans
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| genitive
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*tawsās
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*tawsous
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*tawsom
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| dative
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*tawsai
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*tawsābom
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*tawsābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*tawsābim
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*tawsābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tawsom
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*tawsou
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*tawsā
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| vocative
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*tawsom
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*tawsou
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*tawsā
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| accusative
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*tawsom
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*tawsou
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*tawsā
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| genitive
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*tawsī
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*tawsous
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*tawsom
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| dative
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*tawsūi
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*tawsobom
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*tawsobos
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| instrumental
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*tawsū
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*tawsobim
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*tawsobis
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| Declension of the comparative
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tawsyūs
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*?
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*tawsyoses
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| vocative
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*tawsyūs
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*?
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*tawsyoses
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| accusative
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*tawsyosam
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*?
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*tawsyosans
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| genitive
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*tawsisos
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*?
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*tawsisom
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| dative
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*tawsisei
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*?
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*tawsisbos
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| instrumental
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*tawsisī
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*?
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*tawsisbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tawsyūs
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*?
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*tawsyoses
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| vocative
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*tawsyūs
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*?
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*tawsyoses
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| accusative
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*tawsyosam
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*?
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*tawsyosans
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| genitive
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*tawsisos
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*?
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*tawsisom
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| dative
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*tawsisei
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*?
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*tawsisbos
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| instrumental
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*tawsisī
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*?
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*tawsisbis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tawsis
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*?
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*?
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| vocative
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*tawsis
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*?
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*?
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| accusative
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*tawsis
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*?
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*?
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| genitive
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*tawsisos
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*?
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*tawsisom
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| dative
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*tawsisei
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*?
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*tawsisbos
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| instrumental
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*tawsisī
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*?
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*tawsisbis
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Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: taw (“silence”)
- Middle Breton: tao (“silence”)
- Cornish: taw
- Old Irish: tóe, tó, túae
- Middle Irish: tóe
- ⇒ Middle Irish: toíthenach
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tawso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*tauso-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 1